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We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure of East and West German wages...
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Diese Studie betrachtet die im deutschen sozioökonomischen Panel (GSOEP) erfassten gewichteten monatlichen Bruttoverdienste vollzeitbeschäftigter Erwerbstätiger in der Periode 1984 bis 1999. Dabei werden einige Aspekte der Einkommensverteilung aufgedeckt, die von der bislang allgemein...
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Die Frage nach dem Zeitbedarf für die Anpassung der Lohnstrukturen eines ehemaligen sozialistischen Landes an das Niveau eines marktwirtschaftlichen Systems ist von hohem politischen Interesse. In der vorliegenden Studie werden die Lohnstrukturen in Ostdeutschland unter diesem Gesichtspunkt...
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We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents.
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We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects.
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Zuwanderer und ihre Kinder leiden zum Teil erheblich unter Eingliederungsschwierigkeiten, die sich besonders bei den Jüngeren in erhöhtem Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko und geringer Schulbildung spiegeln. Auf Basis von Assimilationseffekten wäre zu erwarten, dass Sprach- und Integrationsprobleme der...
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We investigate the responsiveness of individual retirement decisions to changes in financial incentives. The causal effect is identified based on the natural experiment generated by an institutional reform. The results of a binary retirement model are robust to alternative model specifications,...
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Over the last decades the German education system underwent numerous reforms in order to improve "equality of opportunity", i.e. to guarantee all pupils equal access to higher education. At the same time internationally comparative evidence yields that Germany features particularly low...
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